Apparently, it was the right number to call if you'd been Gumped in D.C. and were Akin to be Feld for an Hauer.

Hmmm, let's just see how corporate elites react when they learn it was one of them who was patronizing the little gals.

Doesn't exactly seem fair for the john to get away while the madam and her girls get snared.

Well, one thing for sure, former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, wasn't a customer, now was he?

do escorts bill in increments of a tenth of an hour, like the lawyers?

Life's...not...fair.

Having worked as a legal secretary for 25+ years before retiring, I can tell you that I can understand how ANY girl could seek a more interesting job at night; most male attorneys are full of themselves and don't really give a whit about their staff members. Years ago, attorneys became attorneys to perform services for their clients, but in the past 10-15 years, all of us who worked for them began to see they were in it just for the MONEY - so Of COURSE, the "loser" would be the legal secretary.

You have got to be kidding........with terrorists trying to destroy this country along treasonous behavior by Congress - one would think there was better things to be worried about!! But then again this is D.C. full of self-centered, lazy, civically and historically ignorant sheep!

Those who patronize these women are vulnerable to blackmail. They should all lose their security clearances. When they received clearances, they were all briefed not to patronize such services. It's a step or two above treason.

Well, I am wondering, just who wasn't a client :>). I guess Ms. Palfrey's services just rub some folks the wrong way.

That seems to me to be the ultimate irony. A group of Washington Lawyers firing someone they suspect of being a whore when that's the very nature of Washington DC lawyering.

Note how the reason for the firing was not because it sullied the reputation of the firm, but rather she failed to ask for their permission to "moonlight".

I wonder if these law firms dump any clients that show up on the list?

Suspended for what! I equate the law firm to prostitutes, they represent lobbyists to the Congress of the United States, they are the true whores, at least the attorney in question does it as a hobby as well, at least she is not a Hypocrite. Perhaps that’s why they suspended her!

To the previous poster:

No, former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, wasn't a customer. He is gay, so he wouldn't need their services. He must really hate himself for his job; poor guy.

I guess the fact that he helped put a good face on this disaster of an administration lets me avoid giving him any sympathy.

If a man picks up the dinner or theater tickets tab to get it, it is acceptable. If a man buys an engagement ring to get it, it is acceptable. Bottom line, everybody pays one way or the other, be it an hour or decades. It will stop when the earth is no more!

I agree the only whores I know in D.C. are the lobbyist and not to mention many politicians are right in the same category. It is true there are too many attorneys that have only one true meaning of the constitution "the right to bear arms....". There is no We the People, for the People, we will be there for the unfortunate, the little guy. Talk about something else the law firm can understand how to charge more hours on a case and scramble cases up extend their hourly wages.

LIARS!!!!! I wonder how many lawyers are on that client list . . . hmmmmmmmmm LMAO!!!!!!!!

I agree the only whores I know in D.C. are the lobbyist and not to mention many politicians in the same category. It is true there are too many attorneys that have only one true meaning of the constitution "the right to bear arms....". There is no We the People, for the People, we will be there for the unfortunate, the little guy. Talk about something else the law firm can understand, let's see, how to charge more hours on a case and scramble cases up extend their hourly wages, yep that is what lawyers do today. Basically, the legal secretary was in the wrong but the firm is not right either. In the end, it is always about money - maybe she should have shared it with the firm.

what is the big deal...her personal life is none of the firms business! they are just jealous they weren't in on it...unless they were??
of course...what a crock!

I think that if she knows more than a few names herself, she will get a nice bonus from her law firm, by coincidence, at the same she casually tells her bosses just who she had contact with. That is, if what she says about them not knowing anything is true.

Fire the secretary, well I never! A man can do and have who he wants but as soon as a woman does anything like an escort service ect. than its a no no. Come on give us a break men especially the big wheels who do but thats ok because they are men.

It's odd that a law firm can pull up old emails, but the White House can't seem to find Alberto Gonzales, Karl Rove and other Washington "big-wigs" whose emails were "supposedly" lost, destroyed, or they just can't seem to find with regard to the firings of the US attorneys...

Excuse me, but if she's doing her job at Akin Gump in a professional way, what's the problem here?
Maybe Akin Gump needs to pay their employees better so they don't have to get a second job.
Let's wait & see how many of their employees were clients & what happens to them.
I think it's about time that Akin Gump calls in good old Forrest, he'll take care of everything!
If everyone who was a client resigns or is put on admin leave, DC will become deserted.
This country has a lot more serious problems than who went where and did what!

The ironic thing is if she were just a slut giving it away, it would be legal. Legal to give it away, illegal to charge for it...makes a lot of sense — not.

I think the 'madam' controversy is going to become very interesting.

Get Life,

This is the oldest profession in the world, regulate it and embrace it.
Or just burn them at the stake.

My comment to this is who cares? Their are more important things that this country needs to care about other than who is pulling down their pants to what. I don't understand this whole so called scandal, this kind of thing has been going on in our nation's capital for as long as there been politicians and so called respectable law firms. So now that some higher ups have been found with their perverbial pants down, its a big surprise, you know what the sad part of all this is? nothing is going to happen, they will get their lowly scapegoats to take it in the pants for the team, and life will go back to status quo.

Won't it be the funniest thing if several of the partners of the firm turn out to be clients?

Umm . . Tootie, ARLENE, wildhrt9 -- the problem with this paralegal staying at Akin Gump lies in the emails she sent. Akin Gump cannot continue to employ a person who indicates that she is going to engage in illegal acts using the company's computers, telephones and equipment. That opens up the company to legal liability, particular if the company knew of the paralegal's activities and either actively condoned them or passively condoning them by failing to prevent the actions while knowing of their existence.

Dem Crazy -- are you familiar with libel laws in this country?

I wonder if any attorneys will get fired for being on the list, not necessarily from that firm but from any law firm. They should, especially if the firm knew about their illegal pastime. It shows a disregard for the code of ethics and indicates that they are dishonest.

Let's just see how many people are named as clients, by ABC. Probably only a select few will be DEMOCRATS...they can do no wrong (in the eyes of the MSM). i.e. Di Fi, Teddy, Hil, William Jefferson of Louisiana, Reid, etc., etc.

Not one politican or executive elitist snob has one percent of class, dignity, or honor that any one of these whores had. The lawyer johns will get off, the women will be tried and found guilty.

The words of the bible still ring true today.

Funny how a woman has the right to do as she wishes with her body, like abortion in the name of saving her 'health', but can't 'rent' out a portion of it to a guy in order to obtain a living (or to pay for health insurance).

I live in Nevada, & I got one thing to say to everyone from the other 49 states...

LEGALIZE IT

Looks like the rich and powerful will escape unnamed and unscathed, while the medium and small players will get the ink and take the fall.

If so, this will blow up in ABC’s face—if they allow or are complicit in this double standard, the list will get out through another source and ABC will lose major credibility. People are already so skeptical of main stream media.

ABC, do the right thing: all or nothing.

Akin Gump is just hating because the woman found another pimp...and she was billing out at a higher hourly rate than the rest of the Akin Gump stable.

will grisham write a book after tihs cos this is t=really interesting stuff, especially madam, lawyers, oh my God..... i dont want it to end. i love it.

It is ironic that a madame is on trial in Washington DC and faces prison, and yet the whores of Washington D.C (the Lobbyists)are free to roam the halls of the capital and sell themselves every day with no repercussions. To top it all, some of the whores(lobbyists)used the madames services.
Now if that don't beat it all!!!!

Akin Gump should make this woman a Vice President of the Ethics Committe for the firm...at least SHE has been honest.

Fun to see all those whining about how this poor woman, who was violating the conditions of her employment, is being treated poorly. She knew exactly what she was doing and deserves no pity. Don't like the rules where you work? Exercise your freedom to go where they not only allow you to moonlight, but encourage it. Poor paralegals!

To James E:

ABC Will NOT name any male johns which are democrat. Democrats do not have sex with female prostitutes. Democrat johns go to San Fransicko for their kind of action.

I have to think that the attorney(s) that this call girl (yes, LET'S call a spade a spade here!) worked for now have some exaplining to do to their significant others at home, because you just KNOW that there had to be some servicing going on of those boys too! After all, when most attorneys and partners in the average law office can't stop fooling around sexually with the employees they work with, this was just a human lightning rod! The chips ARE falling where they may!

Excuse for being out of the loop for a bit but who started this " Madam" issue and why IS it an issue. Dems on Reps or visa versa?

Interesting! I applied for a secretarial job at Akin Gump last year and was denied an interview. Perhaps if I had better references and had applied on my hands and knees things would have turned out differently. Bad news is, this gal made things more difficult for us legal secretaries in DC, because the firms will begin more policing of e-mails and even greater background checks than they already do. Perhaps if they paid us what we're worth instead of making themselves wealthy, she wouldn't have had to prostitute herself. Just a suggestions to firms: pay your help well.

Seems a natural fit- she provides assistance in both jobs by helping people get screwed...

I believe the secretary from the Grump Law Firm, should be able to keep her job and get a raise becaues she was
"multitasking".............

"Apparently, it was the right number to call if you'd been Gumped in D.C. and were Akin to be Feld for an Hauer."

It was only Strauss relief!

Sure hope that ABC has the guts to publicize the list!!! Credibility is on the line.

The entire world is going to Hell and everyone is worried about someone paying for sex. We all pay for it one way or the other. Democrats, Republicans, Independents, all of us! EVERYONE has a price, so don't be so smug about who will get caught. Look in your own boring mirrors. We all LOVE SEX and MONEY and the entire world boils down to just those two things. You got one...you can get the other. Now, get down off your pedestals!

To TPA in Hou (first post):

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Very clever.

Randal Tobias was in charge of a program that provided censored information about preventing sexually transmitted disease and withheld information about pregnancy prevention and abortion for women. They are the ones who have had their lives ruined and lost. Ms. Palfrey's customers may have their reputations ruined and their families embarrassed. No big deal compared to the damage their lies are doing to women of reproductive age.

this is all politically motivated by the Democrats to make political hay out of it in 2008. somehow or other this will be "Bush's fault' as well as every other malady that can be contrived real or otherwise. they probably think Karl Rove is either a customer or a financier.
:)

This whole thing is laughable. Being a legal secretary for 27 years now, 23 of those years spent at a high profile firm in a big city back east, and now working out west in Nevada. ANYONE who has worked at one of these prestigeous law firms knows what goes on. This poor gal had to fess up to her extra curricular activities when this kind of stuff goes on all the time in secret between the lawyers and support staff! The support staff just doesn't get paid for it. (However, the Akim Gump gal should NEVER have suggested working from her office! She should have known better being in the law business and all).

And why is being a madam or a call girl such a dastardly crime? Some people call this type of service "marriage"!

Randal Tobias was in charge of a program that provided censored information about preventing sexually transmitted disease and withheld information about pregnancy prevention and abortion for women. They are the ones who have had their lives ruined and lost. Ms. Palfrey's customers may have their reputations ruined and their families embarrassed. No big deal compared to the damage the Bush Administration lies and omissions are doing to women of reproductive age here and abroad.

The "Ah-Ha" moment is now at hand. Since Akin-Gump is dominantly a Democratic Party law firm, founded by party chieftains no less--engaged as a Quasi-Pimp for the madam--ABC will now dampen its story.

Nothing says "Aw Crap!" to ruin a good, would-be slanted piece against your political opposites as when your own side is now seen as The Pimp, The Enabler, for The Madam.

Donkey Party people, note: Careful what you wish for. Meanwhile, for background, will we ever learn from ABC that 4 years ago, Democratic campaign boss BOB BECKEL was nailed in a sex scandal with canceled checks to a prostitution service? He resigned. Evidently, that was a non-story for their editors because he was one of their ilk.

She sounds like a little corporate dirtie birdie!

Dot is right. I have worked at several prestigious law firms. There is constant hanky panky going on between lawyers and support staff and they prey even more on the female interns. There are alot of decent ethical attorneys but the slimy ones are scumbags. One intern was told she would never work in this town because she would not put out. They also spread rumors about the ones who don't give it up. They are the ones who should be fired.

"Since Akin-Gump is dominantly a Democratic Party law firm, founded by party chieftains no less--engaged as a Quasi-Pimp for the madam"

Please read the story carefully before responding. The firm had nothing to do with what one secretary was doing on her own time, after hours.

How hypocritcal! Bill of rights at work here? NO! Looks like a lawfirm would know better than to treat one of their own in such a manner! I smell a case brewing!

Bet it was the best "Desk Job" many of the clients ever had! Now the key is to expose them for who they are.

Who cares? Why is this any concern for anyone? All the people involved were concenting adults.

We monitor email where I work because there is a rule that you cannot use business email account for personal use. You can go online and use a personal email account all you want, but leave use business email for business only. But, anybody with any sense knows that email can be and is monitored. By using the business email, she incorporated the firm into her private affairs. They had a right for letting her go on that basis. But on that basis only. What she does in her private time should not be their concern.

Um, read the story a little more closely.

I don't think the law firm is in trouble for suspending someone who offered to use the company phones for illegal purposes. Pimping is against the law you know.

The firm only wants publicity. What could it possibly gain by firing a legal secretary? She isn't an associate; she isn't an attorney. She does a lot of the work herself I am sure. Perhaps they will realize how much she did (not who she did) when they are trying to get their billables out and phone calls returned, documents filed, certificates ordered, wire transfers confirmed, closings completed,attestations and notoriations, mail, schedule updates/reminders... oh! and ordering escorts while their wives are out-of-town in the Hamptons (with the other partner)! What a joke. And I bet they probably have illegal aliens cleaning their office at night too!!!

The D.C. Madam and the escorts were providing "social services" at HALF the price the D.C. lawyers and lobbyists are charging: $600-1,000 an hour.

It should be the other way around ... Maybe this is how Al-Gore got introduced to "global warming" :-)

Did Arlene say this was orchestrated by the democrats? Well, come to think of it, I've never really heard of the christian left, so I guess most of the God botherers are republicans. You know, the 'righteous right' guy's like Dicky Morris and Newt and 3 time loser Rudy. Yeah, must be those sinners on the left.

rcj

I am all about the consenting adult thing. Tell me how many partners, married, or otherwise consented to this behavior?

My hope for humanity is renewed after living in this ethic forsaken area called Washington, D.C. because the people here are shaking in their shoes and the rest of America is just as disgusted as I am. Please put this to the vote.

How "old school" is it to tell an employee that they can't have a second job. They can only tell me that if they are going to pay all my bills for me... hhhmmm that sounds a lot like being somones kept lover!

Right on, Larry. She evidently liked her "night shift". And the johns liked her, too. Where's the problem?

First of all, you should all note that as of yet she IS NOT FIRED. They did her a favor by giving her "administrative leave" (probably paid no doubt).

Second, regardless of your moral position on prostitution, the fact is that she used her office to promote an illegal service, putting the entire firm in a position for legal consequences. Many people believe that marijuana should be legalized, does that mean that everyone should look the other way to someone using their work email to coordinate drug deals while at work just because it goes on in private? The whole situation has been blown way out of proportion, but she shouldn't have been dumb enough to use a MONITORED email address at a LAW FIRM no less to promote illegal acts. All large offices tell you flat out that anything illegal at work will get you fired. Regardless of the moral issue, she broke a law at work and was careless enough to get caught. Her carelessness put her law firm at risk and compromised their integrity. What she does on her own time is her own business, but then she should have kept it on her own time and not brought it on the job.

Okay I am stupid.

I wrongly accused ABC of censorship. I have been going between two forums thinking I was posting on one.

Thank you ABC for tolerating my stupidity.

LOL

Well, as my ex used to say: ya play with the bull, ya get the horn in the a$$.

Fritz is a bigot.

The lobbyists are the real prostitutes, spreading their filth and disease everywhere. They screw the taxpayers and rip off the public trust. If you are a lobbyist, how do you sleep at night or describe to your children what you do for a living? Lobbyists are greedy, disgusting people.

Oh yeah...and all you sanctimonious dorks on here probably have your own skeletons too. Don't cast the stone ...unless you're pure.

Still dont get what is the problem with her business.... just another smoke curtain...

And your sons and daughters are dying in Iraq so that government officials and their crews can continue to do this...

Oh please, dear God, let Karl Rove
answer the phone when ABC calls one
of these phone numbers from Palfrey's
list...

Well many employers have a policy about their workers moonlighting. Want proof? Ask your local policeman if he needs permision to moonlight. What I want to know is what's going to happen to the U.S. attorney who brought the case originally? He thought it was going to be a slam dunk for him. Now it looks like he'll get slammed. Every politico or lawyer on the list will say he only purchased a massage. Every employee will say that's they did. The government will either withdraw the charges and pay her lawyer bill or lose outright. That's the funny part.

I hope that 20/20's report on the DC Madam, Jeanne Palfrey will include some of the information reporte by the San Fransico Cronicle and San Diego Tribune a little over a month ago. Those articles gave much insight into the personality of Palfrey and make one question her reliability with regard to tendancies to embellish the facts far beyond the edges of the envelope.
Apparently, she is a paranoid ex-confict with a history of stalking given to illustions of granduer. I hope not too many people will become victims of this "looney-tunes" character.

JelloBiafra---Are you smoking??? You say it's only the Democrats who use these---how about the guy who already resigned who decided his job was to tell the world about the EVILS of prostitution and he has already resigned???? What about Rev. Ted? That was a conspiracy, too. HYPOCRITES ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like straight up slavery to me. My time is my time. You don't have the authority to control anything but 9-5!What ever happened to free enterprise?

A small comment_The same people with those morals that do those kinds of things that we see going on right now in D.C., Are the same kinds of people with the heart and mind that do the other things...lies, wars, and other corruptions, that we are all complaining about. The connection is there. They also destroy the fruit of certain acts, the innocent baby. In fact it is crucial to them. When they are faithful to their wife and children, or in some cases, husband and children...one can assume they may be faithful in a few other areas also. By their fruits we know them. It really all adds up. How can we say that it's alright for a person to do this wrong and it's alright, but not that one. So can we really expect anything better to come out of them? Are you aware of what takes away the heart? Fornication and Drunkeness. Have seen it, it's true. A faithful person in one area, is likely to be found faithful in all areas. At least we should find them trying. We need upright persons in power. But by who's standard of upright, is the big question. We go on hoping_

It's Monica, it's not Marie, it's Monica, it's not Cherrie.

I just don't care anymore when the Left cries, "Hipocracy".

Isn't all of this just the customer's "Private Business?" After all, his sexual habits are none of our business.

TK

Think of the tax dollars if we just legalize this business and stop doing it under the sheets, so to speak. The world's oldest profession is probably one of the most profitable ones. Perhaps we could offset the half-trill or so we've dumped into the Iraq war and use a new set if I.E.D's (Improvised Excitation Devices)that would be less costly and certainly less harmful